Students who are playing the game of school are cheating the system, their teachers, and most importantly, they are cheating themselves. The article gave a really great example where young elementary school age students read about a page in their assigned book, instead of reading the entire story, and then formulate questions that they don't think will be answered within the rest of the story. The students even go the extra step to be sure no two children have a similar question because the teacher knows they are in the same after school program. It breaks my heart to hear that at such a young age, students are learning to not do their work and to not hand in assignments to their best ability. For me, elementary school was so much fun; I loved going to school and learning something new everyday. For the students in the article, they are not only cheating themselves in the class they are in, but they are also cheating themselves for their entire school career if they do not change their bad habits. I will admit, I saw the same kind of situation in my high school. The less motivated students would take their assignment and skim for the answers, so they completed the task as fast as they could and with as little effort as they could. I tried not to fall in this pattern of cheating the system, but it was hard to be the last person working on an assignment because I was taking twice as long as my classmates. At URI, I am planning to do my work to the best of my ability and absolutely not play the game of school. Your education is important, especially your college education; the education we are receiving now will frame what we do for the rest of our lives. I plan on studying hard, working hard, and completing every assignment to the best of my ability.